ISTORY OF Valentine md$j$rs(m+ Reader, you! IIfind this little Book contains Enough to answer thy expense and pains / And if with cautionyou will read it through, ' Twill both instruct, and delight thee too. Printed for the Company of Walking Stationers^ + •#•■ THE HISTORY OF Valentine and- Orson. |||| CHAP, j The Banijkmenf of the LadyBellifant, who is delvigfrgd of Pcfjhjtine and Or/on at one Birthy in n wood, IT is- recorded, that PEPEN, King of France, had a fair filter named Belli- fant, who was married to Alexander, the Emper^^li'Greece, and by him carried to his. Capital at Constantinople; from whence, after|l|iaving lived with great virt^fe, fixe wa's banifhed throug%ithe means, of a falfe aceufer, whom {he had. feveft&Jy checked for hisimprudence j.and though at the fame^me £he was big ,^|th Child, yet fhe was compelled to leave her hufband||:empire, to the great regret of the people, attended only with a fquire named Blandiman, ^fe^ After great fatigue and travel, fhear- ;|reyed in the foreft of Orleans, "where fiud- ing-her pains come thick upon her, fhe difmiffed n'fr attendant for a midwife, but before his return was del».v.et|p ;of two lovely children, one of fwhie-b^was conveyed away by a fhe bear, butj^flie willing to fave it pulEaed on her-l^nds and knees, leaving tBpother beMncfpJ But before her return, King Pepin being a hunting in the foreft, came to theKree where fhe left the other babe,iand caufing |$|to be taken. up, fent -illjctonurfe^ftncl when it grew'up called his narr^.'Valen- tine.—Blandiman at lengrh came back, and inftead of finding his miflrefs found her brother Pepin at the tree^e*. which he declared all that had happened, and ho||| his fifteiFfwas banifhed through the falfe fuggeftions of the arch^jprieft^ which when King Pepin heard he was greatly enraged againft the lady Bellifant, faying the Emperor ought to have put her to death; fo leaving Blandiman, he returned to his-nobles'at Paris,—i^be lady Bellifant having, followed the bear tojfgo pur- gggn Ilf§ e, returned toithe place where fhe had eft the other babeffbut great was her 1 lorrow when Blandiman faid he had fejjal her broker Pepin, but could tell nothing of the child j and having comforted her for the#fe of it, they went to the fea-fide took {hipping, aha? arrived at the caflp of the^Siant Feragus* in Portugal. . Alhtnis while the bear nofffifhed the infant amongft her yourigj ones, until|jj| length it grew up a wild hairy man, dp* p'iag great mifchief to all that paffed th^| P^e foreft ; jp which we will leave hianjl and return to the arch prieft, who did great rrSfchief, till he was impeached by ^merchant of having wrongfully accufed the Emprefs j- upon which they fought, and the merchant conquering, made cff| prieft confets all his treafons, the Em* peror wrote about it to the King of France, and he was hanged, CHAJflipl Valentine conquers his Brother in theWorejl'ffii . Orleans. NrOW was Valentine grown a lufty young mafi^Kand by the King as greatly gloved as if he had been his own fon : commanding him to be taught the ufe of arms^lin-which he fbon became To expert, that few in thfflcourt dared to encounter him : whichijthade Hufray and Heny the King's.baftard fons^e%ceedingly envy him. At this juncture giie&tcom- plaints were made^gainft the Wild Mans frorri whom no Knight had efcaped with his life-,|hat had encountered him ; whilpi| made the King promife a tlVoir|and marks to any that would bring hirh dead or alive, which offer ncaie dare exceol'j but H^«| fray an|l: Henry defired King Pepy|jp^ fend Valentin^: with a vie$|_of getting rid of fo poweipj^i irival^fh the fling's favour, but his Majefty feeing their malady, was very angry, telling them, he'j^buttj :|r|ther lofe the beft Baron in the land. However Valentifie defired leave of his Majefty to gOv|§ the foreft, .refolving either tOj conquer the Wild Man, or die in the attempt. Accordingly having fur- nifhed himfel£ISwith,^( good horfe and arms, he fet forward on his journey,-and- aftejftwo daysj^travelling, he arrived iff* the foreft: j in the eveningl^e tied -Ww horfe to. a large fpreading ^|^i|md got *ip in a tree- himfelf, for his fecuritjp [Cohere he refted that night^ Next morning he beheld the Wild Man :||pverfirig the foreft in fearch of his prey, at length he came to tbe|£ree where Va- iffpntine's horfe flood, from whom he pulled many hairs, upon which the horfe kicked?fam. The Wild Man feeling the pain, was going to tear him to pieces, which Valentine feeing, made fignsj|ts if he would fight|birn, and accordingly he- leaped :^awn,^tnd gave him a blow, Dpi the. Wild Man caught hnjfknd threw him -to i^e ground. Then taking up Valen- $H|f|Mtfhield, he "t^sheld it with amazed with refpeft to the divers colours thereon emblazoned, jj vigil |||Valentine being much brCtfjed, got up and wetfeibwards-Jlls brother|in great atag| ger : but Orfon ran to a tree, and then they engaged; bujpboth being terrible wounded gave out by4|*bnfent; after §$|frich Valentine fignified to Orfon, th|||| if he wpjild yield to himphe would order matters fo as fi^fhould become a ration]*} creature. Orfon thinpffg that he meant him no harm, ftretche||;forth his hisd to hin^s| upon which he bound him, and then ij|tf himlfp Pa^* where he prefented ruin to lining Pepin, who rjad the Wild Man baptized by the namet§f Orfojii, from his be- ing%taken in a wood. J^rfon's^aftioMf during their ftay tlifere very much amufed the court, that at ,leh^pjtl|ex6uke of Ac- quitain fent le|ters importing, that|who- ■ foever wpiild overthrow the 'l^reen Knight, a^gagan champion, fhould have his daughter Fazon in rrjlrriage. ||jpon which^ropofition Valetmine fet out for |i|jjat proy^pe, aH%nded byphjs brother Orfon, bj^whichj|M|;^|MeM'Sme fp the khowleEge bf^s parents, as we {hall find hereJifter,- j §mM w ( 8 ) Ci*>i"H>Qr>itnmQ«n>*iri0"i'****O'l*(*'**0"**M**0*r'"*«>0>'>***'>0»i«im0'*>"["* ■ CHAP...III. ZX(? j%$/ between Orfon and the Green. Knight. AFTER iy^^MjIrney^alentlne and .|®||qJ| arrived at Duk||>Savary's palace in ^cquit^in; andjnfa|$ng known the reafori;l(n|f? theyj^ame there, were prefenti%*i|§3Fazon; to whom Valentine :jtg||^idrefred himfelf |§||i *<Speet creati^^King B^pin.has lent ■jfrte hitherJpth the brayeft Knight in all §ps realm to fight the Green Knight^|$ho ::ffi^gh he hisafjmb and naked, is endued withpuch valour, that no' KniJ|ft undelj the fun is able to c^>pe with him." During this fpeech fhe viewecl Orfof& narrowly^ and he ner; butlEupper ,ccoming in, interrupted them, and they|l^t dowh to ea/j^p Whilft thej^vere^h the midft of |fp their fe|ftings, the Green Knightfentered faying, Duke Acquitain haft thou any" more Knights to^feope with me for thy daughter ? Yes, replied ifier Duke,|J§| have feventeen, and tj|dh fhewed them tp| him. The Green Knighififien faid to them,||eat your fill, for t^fmorrow will be your laft. ^rfon hearing whai5*)jK|| faid, was mi|ph incehfed againphim, and fudd£niy rifing from the table, threw the Green Knight with fuch force agatnft the '■$$$>. as laid hinf. Mead for Tome time; IwBicfev^ry much plpfed tm*whole company. Ne^^o^.<piany Knights wetSito fight the Gr£en KnightApt|t he overcame and :|[iew thenvia^^ till at laft, Orfon being ■jtfitielph Valentme's aripaur, c|me to the Green Knight's rSavilioh^ahd defying lamjf; •$Ke$jt, began ,^^^^ft. defpera^^^nbat :^'.^p^a was heard of, and fhe-Grteen Knight made fo gre|^.^^^ke at him, as to cut offfthe top of his helmit, half his Jffileld, and wounded this ferved|Snly to Orfon, who coming up to him cj|} footj ;.tPok hold of him, and pulle&fhim from his horfe, got aftride him, andwasjuft goingltb kill him, but was pre vetoed by the fti1f^^|^i-0ival t^r^^fentirie, whp$p| |8fpieded with Orfph\tp fpare hfc life^l^n ^^^f^on of his turning Chilian, ¥ricl acquara^ig King P|p|S^^w he was c?6%£ quered. him much;||;But enrage the valiant j ThlKGreengKnight haviug^promifed to perform^il that was defired, J&ey led hl^l Ijjpfoner to the city of Acquitain, anj|the Duke received them with great joy^iand offered the lady Fazon to Orfon ; bjit he |^^l|l not marry her till his broker had won the Green Knight's fitter, lady Clea|| mond ^^^^Mffithey ^|a^r|tlked wit|§the enchanted head of braf1p0K|.ow his paren^ and get the proper @|e of his tongue; whif|t| when tWe^dy knew {hifjivas very ferryj be- caufe^^wpp Orjtpn, and wasrefolvedltaj marl|r: none but;J|||pwho had sOJCpmM conquered the Green Knight. |||f p^ ^^gCHAP. l||| Falentine and Orfon go infearch of Lady Cleriniondy who had the Brazen Head |||p in her poffefjtoiffil VpENTINE and Orfon having taken leave of the Dilke of fequitain a^d;| his daughtj^ Fazon, plpceeded on thei^| journey^ju fea^h of the lady Cierimond, and at ipft came to ^j}wer of burniflied brajgl^^^i upon enquiry, they difco- 33G v$$red td|~be kep"by iGjlerimond, filler to Feragus and, the defeated Giien Knight, and having dernandedteirtrance was refufei|X§ it by the centinal who guarded the gatep which provpfc|3P|||ilentine to; th^fdegre^ that he run againfthim with fuch fury that the centinal fell down dead immediately. The lady Cleri|§bnd beheld all this dispute, and feeing themjerave Knights, Ee|% 5*§|ived them courtepjjfl^.—-Valentine hav-? ingprefented tokehsfrom the Green Knight told.helpy he i^pie there for the love of her, and to difcourfe with|in^|iijknowing Head, concerning^their parents^^fter pinner, ,the lady took them by the han^yfe and led the^p to the chjfj&b£r of rarities, where the Head was placed betiyfen four pillars of pure jafper,when, as they en|frj$|^ l^fmade the following fpeech to Valentin%j| !i*?Thou ,farn|ftfteKnight of royal extract art :c3alled ^lenti|$ the ^ajient^jwhoof right ought to maf^r the lady Clerimon<p| Thpjiart, fon to the Enfperelf. of Gree§§| Emprefs|5ellifant*^^&fisnow^Ml^^ftle of Feragus, in PorJ||&Ji where they have refided for twentj&^years. Em^Pepin is thine uncle, and the Wild K|atf tbMbro- thejp; the Emprefs Bellifant brought ye| -&o forth in the foreft of-Wrleans*:'"he vMi WS&. taken away by a ravenous bear, and thou waft taken up by thy uncle Pepin, who ^Sught thee up;to man'seftate. Moreover I likewife tell thee, that thy brother fhall never fpeak till thou cutteft the thread that grows under his tongue. The Brazen Head having ended his g|j$3|agji5 Valentine embraced Orfon and cut the thread which grew under his tongue; and the dj recti y reflated many-furprifing things. After which Valentine married Lady Clerimond, bjgi; not before fhe turned |^|riftian. In this caftle lived a dwarf, named Pa- colet, who was an enchanter, and by his art -Md contrived a horfe of wodciffandin the forehead a fix0 pin, by turning of which he cctiftld convey himfelf to the faff^ theft part of the world. §|p This enchanter fli^tef|,ortugal, and in- ^^^^FeragusPf: his fiber's nuptials, aJii|^ of her fufning CJpriftian ; which fo enraged himj|fri||!he fwore by Mahomet he would make her rue it, afi^there^bn he g^' ready ri|siileet, aud failed towjfrds the castle of Clerimond, Jpiere |when he arrived |||&c||ncealed his mM^earom his fifteip' and alfo the two Knights, telling-them that l$e£ Ipna^to fetch t^n^ntb Portugal, the b|||| (sir ter to fot^mnizett:hemarria|^^id he would turn Chriftian W? their arrival at the caftle, all which they believed, and foon after embarked with him. '^hen he had got them on board, he ordered them to be put in Uvi0i^^$.ch fo grieved his fifblFClerimond, thatihe would have thrown-|b^™lf into the fea had fhe hot been ftp^ped. CHAP. V. 'Pecqlet comforts the Ladies, and delivers Vdjjgntine anaiOrfon,fyjf0J£ PrifdJh^^mM WHEN they were come to Portugal, he put Valentine and Orfon in a dungeon, fed them with bread and water, but allowed his fift^ Clerimond the liberty of the caftle, wherlfjfhe meets tbeEmprefs Belljfant, who had b|^fa confined tweij^l .years jh the ca||^|E Feragusi She feeing her fo-fg$l of g^i^^pmforts herj enquiring the reafbn which fhe told her||\i The En>- prefs was mighty grieved,» but Pacolet comforted them by telling them he mould releafe thera all that evening, which ihe accordingly did in the following manner : In tllcl. dead of the night he goes to the dungeon, where layL Valentine and Orfon bouB^^i^^liains, and touching the doors with his magical wajtd they flew open ; and coming to the Kniglits^.he rejeafed them and condu^p^them^p the apartment ^wbere Bellifant and Clerimondjwere, who 'ffo'pxe exceedingly tranfported ; but Pfgp^tit hindered them from difcourfing long by tellij^^pem they muft depart before the guards of Feragus awakecjt which would put a flop to hislproceedings, So Pacolet led them teethe gates of the Igiiftlei and having prepared a fhip he conveyed'tpem to Lady Fazon, at the City of Acquitajfr; next morning when Feragus heard of their efcape, he was enraged|p the. laft degree. The Knights and Ladies being, out of danger, foon arrived at Acquitain, to the great joy of Lady Fazon, who w&$£ foojagafter married ffo Orfon with great fo- lemnity ; upon wh&b' tilts and tournaments were p^formed for mari^ays; but Va- lenfiie carried the prize by overthrowing at leaft above an hundred brave Knights. m *5 "•") |§§P|| Vg|| '0Jgalentine diesi'Mnd Orfon turns Hermmftk NO^^alentine^eing g^alty diftrefted [.if? his rfand for the death of Ms fa- iffer, (who late^.died) refolyiep to make a Ipgrimage % the >$pjbly Sepulch^; and ther^p^ taking leave of his wife Clerimond ; and giving the government of the. Empire unto his bMther, he departed, to the greatfbrrow o£|^jl, particular his mother Bellifant, and the fair Clerimond. Valentfne, latter feven years absence returned, dreffed like a poor palmer, begging vJctuals at the gate of bis own palace; and at length being fiaf;and about to die^rhe called for Clerimond and made himfelf known to her, t|V which fhe was ready to give up the.gn^^ll f||| Wm At laft havj% recommended the care of her to his brotrpr,- and^ the Emprefs, his- dear mothe"|i and bleffing.:$$ them, i|e| turned on one fide, aftd breathed out his noble fottl from his illuftr|pus body, to the great grief of alljlbe valiant Knights of Ch||ftendom, ;§§iwhom lie had been a no- ilffif ble example, and a generous reliever of.— Bu^pitimond never could efpoufe any one, but betook her to a fingle life, always lamenting the loss of her beloved hufband. After hislfcleath, Orfon governed the Empire with great wifdoitfind juftice for feverirt ivfcars, till at length, feeing the frail date of yEwi'man affairs, he gayfcnhe clrarge of his Jfmpire, \^fe£and CkiiOT^,':re|pe ween j|Cr«gS?t, and tnjni turning Hermit, he be» came a refident^pf thetfbrefts and woods, where, after living to a gr^t age, this magnanimous and invincible hero furrenderigS ifra^iffecly unto never fparing djifnf;and H^ foul to the immortal dMti^^jf whole attributept had^BtMie refemblancjyi Thus reader ^you may fee fjkdt none with fi&iuLi Th^'gteat in ■valour^^or^'va/l command, Theimghty force of death's all conquering hand. jfe. Finis. •$?■
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